Thanks!!!
To all of you who took the time to send me a card.
As I figured - all those cards caught up with me long after I had been
released from the hospital.
Not for the update.
My stomach - the source of the tumor - was (80%) removed.
I am recovering, without complications, from that surgery.
As is the norm with this particular type of cancer it has spread.
The report from the surgeon was that he had removed all the lymph nodes in
the vicinity of the stomach and 50% of those nodes tested positive for
cancer.
Bad news to be sure.
Next week I check into the British Columbia Cancer Agency for further
treatment.
I have been told that I will be receiving both radiation and chemo
treatments.
They would not be hitting me with 'both barrels' if they didn't think my
survival chances weren't good.
It is going to be a bitch of a ride; but, as bad as that may be, the
alternative is worse.
The worst thing about all this is that food has become uninteresting
I mean - something tasty ain't anymore.
It is a real effort to feed myself.
Junk food (dammnitt) seems to be a way to go to keep sufficient caloric
intake.
Just about anything I haven't eaten since the operation seems to taste
good - once!
The next time I can't force it down.
I have a fridge full of leftovers that I can't face.
All that be what it is.
I will rise above this.
My apologies to the group for bringing anyone down but I felt that those who
care should know.

Love to you all
Ken.
PS: Please look at the sig line below and go there - not just for me.

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